IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN TO IMPROVING READING ABILITY AMONG UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTS

Mrs. Gayathri Sridhar; Dr. S.Ravivarman

Volume : X, Issue : VII, July - 2020

IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN TO IMPROVING READING ABILITY AMONG UPPER PRIMARY STUDENTS

Mrs. Gayathri Sridhar, Dr. S. Ravivarman

Abstract :

The present article emphasizes the importance of constructivist instructional design and improving reading ability among the upper primary students. Moreover, it reveals how the constructivist instructional design serves as a platform for the upper primary children improving their reading ability through practices. A good reading habit is necessary for a healthy intellectual growth and plays a very crucial role in enabling a person to achieve practical efficiency. Furthermore, an individual‘s interests are determined to a considerable extent by the amount he will read and the intensity with which he will pursue his reading activity. By reading books, one gets confirmation or rejection of one‘s own ideas, which makes one think more critically about right and wrong in the society. Reading provides people with a sense of values, which enable them gradually to develop the greatest of all virtues, that is the ability to understand rather than condemn. Books can also be very comforting, especially at times when one doubts one‘s self and one‘s beliefs. Pleasure reading furthers the development of reading as a life–long habit which strengthens both language skills and fluency noted that children improve their reading skill when they read for pleasure.